Asia Beauty Spot – Asia Scenery

Opened in 1971, Jurong Bird Park is the largest bird park in the world, offering a 20.2-hectare hillside haven for 8,000 birds representing 600 species. Its Heliconia Repository, with 108 heliconia species and cultivars in its collection, is one of the largest in the region. With key attractions such as the Bird Discovery Centre, African Waterfall Aviary, Lory Loft Aviary, Southeast Asian Birds Aviary and the award-winning African Wetlands, the Bird Park attracted close to 900,000 visitors in 2009.

Committed towards conservation, the Bird Park is the first in the world to breed the Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise in captivity and received the Breeders’ Award from the American Pheasant and Waterfowl Society in 2001. In 2006, the Bird Park became the recipient of the Conservation & Research Award for the Oriental Pied Hornbill Conservation Project by IV International Symposium on Breeding Birds in Captivity (ISBBC). In Asia, Jurong Bird Park is the only park in the Asia Pacific to have an Avian Hospital. It has a Breeding and Research Centre tasked to ensure the welfare, breeding and promulgation of birdlife and is also an Official Rescue Avian Centre.

Opened on:
January 1971

Land area:
20.2 hectares

Initial cost:
S$3.5 million

Design concept:
Large open concept displays; four large walk-in aviaries for birds from South East Asia, Africa, South America and Lory Loft

Interesting highlights:
African Waterfall Aviary
Bird Discovery Centre
Hornbill and Toucan exhibit
Lory Loft
Pelican Cove
Penguin Expedition
Southeast Asian Birds Aviary
Windows on Paradise

Significant developments:
First in the world to breed the Twelve-wired Bird of
Paradise in captivity
Oriental Pied Hornbill Conservation Project
Heliconia Repository
Establishment of the only Avian Hospital in the Asia Pacific

Number of bird species:
600

Total number of birds:
8,000

Number of visitors:
Approximately 900,000 visitors per year

Admission charges:
S$18.00 (adult), S$12.00 (child 3 – 12 years)

Panorail charges:
S$5.00 (adult), S$3.00 (child 3 – 12 years)

Courtesy of Singapore Tourism Board